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David Gerstein – world-famous creator of colourful 3D wall sculptures
David Gerstein (born 1944 in Jerusalem) is probably the world’s best-known painter and sculptor from Isreal to this day. He became world-famous in the 1980s and 1990s with his colourful wall sculptures made of moulded metal, assembled in several layers.
In David Gerstein’s multi-layered works, the boundary between the two-dimensionality of painting and the three-dimensionality of sculpture becomes blurred. His works are particularly captivating due to their vibrant colours and optimistic, lively aura. The central theme of his sculptures and objects is urban people in motion, alongside motifs from nature, music and sport.
Every Gerstein object is a handmade and unique
Gerstein’s wall sculptures create a unique effect thanks to their depth of space with light and shadow. The steel objects can be hung both indoors and outdoors and are hand-painted by the artist. This means that each sculpture is unique in spite of the edition.
Exhibitions (Selection)
2021 Diyuan Museum of art, Ginkgo, China,
Asir Museum of art, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Hundret Wasser, RIZZI, GERSTEIN, Mainz, Germany
”Joy of Life” Jingdezhen ,China
2017 “Journey Through My Gardens” – Loby of Taikang’s Residence, Beijing, China
5 sculptures in National Park, Guizhou, China
2016 Vera International Art Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2015 Gallery Jeon, Doekchon-ri, South Korea
2014 Galeria de Arte Salduba, Saragossa, Spain
Htc Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Gallery Momentum, Lüttich , Belgium
The Visual Arts Center Gallery, New Delhi, India
Catto Gallery, London, Great Brittain
2013 Belle Art Gallery, Denmark
National Tsing Hua University Arts Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2012 Frances Keevil Gallery, Sidney, Australia
Fine Art Gallery, Moskau, Russia
Adler Gstaad Gallery, Switzerland
2011 Flaneries d’art contemporain dans le jardin aixois, Aix en Provence, France
National Gallery, Bangkok, Belgium
Momentum gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Miva Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
Catto Gallery, London, Great BrittainGalerie Winckelsen, Rolle, SwitzerlandGalerie Quorum, Madrid, Spain
„Meddle Yeast“, Palazzo Sant‘ Elia, Palermo, Italy
2010 Museo nacional do Brazil, Brasil
Museu de arte da Bahia , Salvador , Brasil
Casale monferrato Museum, Casale, Italy
„Feelings & Meetings“, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2009 Catto Gallery, London, Great BrittainMiva Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2008 Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Mairie de Hesperange – Luxembourg
Cultural Center, Modiin, Israel
2007 Gallery Ermano Tedeschi, Mailand, Italy
Rollebeek Gallery 28, Brüssel, Belgium
Art Biennale, Rishon le Zion, Israel
2005 Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, Kalifornien, USA
Galerie Nuances et Lumiere, Lyon, France
Eden Fine Art, New York
2004 Youth Wing, Israel Museum, Israel
2003 Clube A Hebrica, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Nuances et Lumiere Gallery, Lyon, France
2002 documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (Street installation)
The Dolphins Project, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Lyons Project, Jerusalem, Israel
2001 Barrington Gallery of London, New York, USA
Osklen Multimedia Space, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Ha’Shfela Museum, Kfar Menahem
2000 Gallery Chabanian le Baron, Annecy, France
Galleria di Sorrento, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Holon Interdisciplinary Center for Art and Science, Israel
1999 Ambassador Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Newbury Fine Art Gallery, Boston, USA
1998 Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany
Arad Museum, Israel
1997 Israel Museum, Youth Wing, Jerusalem
Bat Yam Museum, Israel
1996 Center of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel
Moria Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
Art Multiples, Düsseldorf, Germany
1994 Ashdod Museum, Israel
Tefen Museum, Israel
1993 Art Frankfurt, Germany
Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
1992 Art 20″, Basel, Switzerland
1991 Yad Labanim Museum, Ra’anana, Israel
1989 Herzliya Museum, Israel
Albert White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Bat Yam Museum, Israel
1988 Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
1987 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Uri and Rami Nechushtan Museum, Kibbutz , Israel
1983 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1973 Tel Aviv Museum, Israel
David Gerstein – represented in leading Israeli museums, exhibited worldwide
Gerstein completed his art studies between 1965 and 1970 in Israel (Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem), France (École des Beaux-Arts, Paris), the USA (Art Students League of New York) and England (St. Martins School of Art, London), where he also completed his doctorate. From 1971, he taught for 18 years as an art lecturer at the Bezalel College of Fine Arts in Jerusalem, and from 1991 he was appointed to the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris for several years.
As the most important contemporary sculptor in his country, David Gerstein is represented in the leading museums in Israel, and his sculptures and objects can be found in many public places in the country, as well as internationally, for example in Seoul/Korea and Singapore/China. David Gerstein is enthusiastically collected by art lovers all over the world and his works can be seen in leading international galleries.
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